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Application Portfolio Management (APM) is a framework for managing applications in enterprise. APM provides an inventory of an organization’s software applications and software-based services as well as metrics showing the business benefits of each application. Metrics can provide information from various perspective such as business , technology, financials, IT Strategy and IT architecture in order Read more about Key Metrics for Application Portfolio Management (APM)[…]

by Jamal Moustafaev, MBA, PMP – president and founder of Thinktank Consulting I have got some exciting news today! My third book “Project Portfolio Management in Theory and Practice: Thirty Case Studies from around the World” has just been released by Auerbach Publications. So, to commemorate this event, I will be publishing a series of infographics dedicated to project Read more about Government Sector Project Portfolio Management Summary – Infographic[…]

By Tim Washington, Point B Project prioritization is one of the most common topics in portfolio management literature. Within the context of project prioritization is the matter of scoring models because scoring models are the most widely used approach to prioritize projects. Although there are a lot of opinions on the effectiveness of common scoring models, they Read more about Five Uses of a Prioritization Scoring Model[…]

By Tim Washington, Point B Prioritization is about focus—where to assign resources and when to start the work. It is not about scoring methods and ranking mechanisms. Without defining project priorities, it is difficult to effectively distribute personnel to carry out the highest valued projects. Project priorities enable management to assign their employees to the most important projects. Gaylord Wahl Read more about The Purpose and Goal of Prioritization[…]

By Tim Washington, Point B Is It Just About Talent Acquisition? When people refer to the “war for talent” many discussions center on talent acquisition and try to answer the question “how do we hire the best people?” Although talent acquisition is important, talent development and retention are also very important (you want to keep those great people Read more about Strengthen Talent Management With PPM[…]

by Jamal Moustafaev, MBA, PMP – president and founder of Thinktank Consulting Here is my favourite definition of risk: Risk is a bad thing that can happen on your project, but you are not entirely sure it will Below you will find a tables 1 and 2 with ten most common risks and ways to address them Read more about Top 10 Project Risks and What to Do About Them[…]